Bo·gey n.; pl. Bogeys . [Also bogie and bogy, plural bogies.]
1. A goblin; a bugbear.
Syn: -- bogeyman.
I have become a sort of bogey -- a kill-joy. --Wm. Black.
2. Golf a score one stroke over par for a hole; formerly, the definition of bogey was the same as that now used for par, i.e., an ideal score or number of strokes, for each hole, against which players compete; -- it was said to be so called because assumed to be the score of an imaginary first-rate player called Colonel Bogey. Now the standard score is called par.
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Bo·gy n.; pl. Bogies A specter; a hobgoblin; a bugbear. “Death's heads and bogies.” --J. H. Newman. [Written also bogey.]
There are plenty of such foolish attempts at playing bogy in the history of savages. --C. Kingsley.
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